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and what the pope did not say as . pope francis meets myanmar leader aung san suu kyi and calls for respect from all ethnic groups, but avoiding the term rohingya. brent: i m brent goff. it s good to have you with us. we begin with breaking news tonight. north korea appears to have launched a new ballistic missile. reports coming in from south korea and japan say a missile has been fired. the u.s. military saying that it is investigating what it calls a probable launch a probable icbm missile. if confirmed, it would be the latest in a series of missile tests this year. the last flew over northern japan and into the pacific ocean. the u.s. administration has issued repeated warnings to pyongyang to abandon its weapons program. all right, we want to go now to washington to our correspondent carsten von nahmen, he s on the story for us. good evening to you, carsten. so, what s the latest there, what more can you tell us about this story? carsten: well, not much more as ....
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the president and top democrats went the rounds today over whether to sit down together and talk about keeping the government operating. as they did, a republican tax reform bill moved another big step forward. lisa desjardins begins our coverage. desjardins: president trump criticized senate and house minority leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi for refusing to meet at the white house today. they decided not to show up. they ve been all talk and they ve been no action. and now it s even worse. desjardins: in a morning tweet, mr. trump preempted today s scheduled meeting with democratic leaders, writing, i don t see a deal! hours later, schumer and pelosi pulled out o ....
online. go to www.c-span.org, and you will see the icon to click on our live coverage. the supreme court oral argument having today. we have been getting protesters and speakers outside all morning. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god we give you thanks for giving us another day. once again we come to ask wisdom, patience, peace and understanding for the members of this people s house. give them the generosity of heart and the courage of true leadership to work toward a common solution to the many issues facing our nation. as true states men and women, may they find the fortitude to make judgments to benefit all americans in their time of need. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day s proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of r ....
anc. welcome. donald trump has delivered his first national security strategy. the document is an outline of the white‘s main security concerns. it took an america first down. mrtrump, a number of faces, china and russia featured. of the white house s main security concerns. we a cce pt we accept that vigorous military and political contest and role playing at around the world. we face rogue regimes that threaten the us and our allies. we face temperature organisations, transnational criminal networks and others that spread violence and evil around the globe. terrorist organisations. we also face rival paris, russia and china, that seek to. pakistan was said to be needed to be stronger in the fight against terrorism. we have made clear to pakistan last week decided as i partnership we must see decisive action against terrorist groups operating on their territory. we make massive payments every year to pakistan. they have to help. let s go to bbc correspondent th ....
the news continues after talk to al-jazeera the best of twenty seventeen i will see you very soon. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. michael. you. will. see. say two thousand and seventeen has been an important year for news and world events would be a huge understatement it s been a year filled with consequential stories that have changed and shaped the political landscape around the world from indigenous rights in the amazon to the station battle in spain s catalonia region kenya is not one but two controversial presidential elections and then there s the crisis that hit the gulf region with a blockade of cats off the growing refugee crisis stretching from iraq libya to europe and beyond there has been there covering it all over the next half an hour we ll look back on some of our most memorable and news maki ....